1,506 enforcement actions from 16 federal and state jurisdictions. Every event traced back to its official government source.
1,506
Total Actions
16
Jurisdictions
$26.6B+
Total Fines Tracked
The FTC is returning nearly $3 million to consumers deceived by the Golden Home Services mortgage relief scheme, which falsely promised to reduce homeowners' mortgage payments and prevent foreclosures. A federal court banned the companies and their operators from telemarketing and debt relief businesses and required them to pay millions. The refunds are being mailed to 1,821 affected homeowners.
$3.0M
The FTC alleged that Cox Media Group (CMG), MindSift LLC, and 1010 Digital Works LLC deceived customers by falsely claiming to offer an AI-powered 'Active Listening' service that could target ads based on conversations captured from consumers' smart devices, and that consumers had opted into such targeting. In reality, the service did not use voice data and consumers had not consented. The companies agreed to pay a total of $930,000 and are prohibited from making misrepresentations about their services, voice data collection, and consumer consent.
$930K
The FTC settled allegations against Apitor Technology for violating COPPA by allowing a third party to collect geolocation data from children without parental consent. Apitor must pay a $500,000 suspended fine, delete improperly collected data, and implement measures to comply with COPPA, including obtaining parental consent and notifying parents.
$500K
The FTC is returning over $672,000 to consumers who were deceived by Frank Romero, operator of Trend Deploy, for violating the Mail Order Rule. The court order required Romero to pay the FTC, and the FTC is now distributing refunds to 9,419 affected consumers.
$672K
The FTC charged Easy Healthcare Corporation, operator of the Premom fertility app, with deceiving users by sharing their sensitive health data with third parties for advertising without consent and failing to notify breaches as required by the Health Breach Notification Rule. Under a proposed consent decree, the company will pay a $100,000 civil penalty, be barred from sharing health data for advertising, and must implement privacy and security measures.
$100K
Harris Jewelry defrauded servicemembers with deceptive marketing, inflated prices, and hidden fees. A multistate settlement requires $34.2 million in refunds and debt relief, stops debt collection, and dissolves the business, affecting over 46,000 servicemembers.
$1.0M
The FTC took action against CafePress for failing to secure consumer data and covering up a major data breach. The company stored sensitive information insecurely and delayed notifying customers. As part of the settlement, Residual Pumpkin must pay $500,000 in redress, and both companies must implement comprehensive security programs.
$500K
All data sourced from official government enforcement pages.